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Illéla, Niger
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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Illéla

Illéla climate by month

Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation361 mm70 wet days a year
14.46° N, 5.24° EElevation 307 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goIlléla · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec53October
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low37° / 23°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Illéla has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.

The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 41° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 31° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.

About 361 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (128 mm, 24 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 36% in August.

Compared with Niamey, the capital, Illéla is 0.1° warmer on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
41° · April
Coldest nights
15° · January
Wettest month
August
Driest month
January
Clearest skies
January · 12% cloud
Longest day
12 h 59 min
Shortest day
11 h 17 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
12121313JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Illéla by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high31°34°38°41°40°39°35°34°36°37°35°32°
Average low15°18°21°24°27°27°25°24°25°23°20°17°
Precipitation0 mm0 mm0 mm1 mm22 mm45 mm99 mm128 mm59 mm7 mm0 mm0 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)0000.22.86.719.223.815.7200
Cloud cover12%13%19%21%19%17%29%36%25%16%15%16%
Daylight11h 2211h 4012h 0212h 2712h 4812h 5912h 5412h 3712h 1311h 4911h 2811h 17
Month score766358585142252925535871